Thank you everyone!

Dear Mr Quek, Mr Chan and Guitar Ensemble,

It was the first performance of Guitar Ensemble today - also the opening performance of today's Teacher's Day celebration. The urge of making a good first impression no doubt made all of us a little nervous. However, as I have said to you a moment before the curtain opened "This is your show - your performance!" , I believe the we - the whole ensemble have put more than 100% of your feelings and dedication on every note that we played today.
And owned the stage we have. From many encouraging comments that we have received from our teachers and friends today, I truly believe that our music has reached the audience's hearts and minds, our preparation effort in the last few weeks has certainly been recognised. While there are still much improvement that we need to work on, let this be the baptism by fire - a propitious beginning of our journey towards greater heights as one HCGC!
And certainly we cannot forget all the care and support that our teachers-in-charge, Mr Quek and Mr Chan, as well as Ms Wong, have given us throughout the entire process. Without whom this performance would have been impossible. Thank you so much for everything and happy Teacher's Day!
Lastly, to the Guitar Ensemble, I wish you all the best for your promos, PW & see you soon!

Best regards
Tran Ha Duong, on behalf of the HCGC EXCO 09-10

Thank you letter from Mr Quek!

Dear Guitar ensemble
Thank you for the wonderful card and flowers:)
I really really think you all played outstandingly today and I was there at the front row seats listening to every note you all played:)
My colleagues commented on how you all improved so much:)
I sincerely feel so proud of you all and I am honored to be your teacher in charge. I have requested to continue being your teacher in charge and I really hope we can bring the guitar ensemble to greater heights together. Thanks!


matthew quek

Teacher's day performance

Hi guys, the coming monday will be our first performance as the whole ensemble (:

Please be at A300 fully dressed by 7.00am. You will not have to go for flag raising or assembly. Time is rather tight on that day, we will have to be at the backstage by 8.00am and our performance will be approximately at 8.40am.

Don't forget to bring any attire, practice hard, and we will do well (:

Cheers,
Zheng Rui.

Schedule for next week

EDIT: For the teacher's day rehearsal on thursday, please report at A300 at 3.15pm as we will need to be at the auditorium in full dress by 3.50pm. From past experience we will need quite alot of time to change and tie our ties, so please dont be late (: for those whose lessons end later than 3pm, i have asked mr quek to request leave for you guys. He will need to confirm this with me again later though.

Hi guys,

TEACHER'S DAY REHEARSAL:
The organizers are still unable to confirm the timing for the rehearsal yet, but it will be on the coming thursday 27th August after school. Please bring your full attire on that day. Guys, remember to bring your black socks and a black belt (if you need one) because i know its easy to forget. After the rehearsal, we will have our final practice as an ensemble before the teachers' day celebrations.

FRIDAY (28th August):
There will be no practice on this day for those not performing for the charity concert. Those performing for the charity concert, please be at A300 at 4.30pm and we will have our final practice before the actual performance. Dinner will be provided for us by the organizing committee. Please dont forget to bring anything (: bring extra if possible to lend those who forget to bring.

There will be no practice on wednesday.

Cheers,
Zheng Rui.

Seating Arrangements

EDIT: Please report at 3pm at A302 instead of A300 on wednesday 19th august. Also, here is a direct link to the picture in case you all dont have a facebook account. I finally sorted out the HTML so that you guys can select the text now.
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k95/photoray123/6052_236678510275_764095275_8282747.jpg

Hello!

Please check for your seat allocation at Hwa Chong Guitar Club '09 10! Facebook Group and check the photos, I have uploaded the image there.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=8282747&o=all&op=1&view=all&subj=83542436272&aid=-1&id=764095275&oid=83542436272

The one labeled as
"1." is for the CHARITY CONCERT
"2." is for TEACHER'S DAY.

I know the image is a bit...blur and...small. haha but you may check again on wednesday, I'll bring a hardcopy down. yep.

P.S. these seating arrangements are for these 2 events only. It is subjected to change for the subsequent performances in future.

Please be Punctual!!

Thank you!
enjoy the last of the weekend!

:)
Shena

Performances

Hi guys,

There will be pre-event rehearsals for both the teacher's day concert and soultimate charity concert.


TEACHERS DAY PERFORMANCE:

First rehearsal: It is on the coming wednesday, 19th August. It will not be a full-dress rehearsal, so just come in school uniform for this rehearsal. We need to be at the auditorium at 3.50pm for our rehearsal, so everyone please gather at A300 by 3.00pm (3.10pm if your lessons end at 3).
We will go through the songs first before proceeding to the auditorium together. The seating arrangement will be uploaded onto this blog soon, pls check it regularly over the next few days for updates. I don't think we will be bringing music stands along, so please memorize your scores by the coming wednesday.

2nd full-dress rehearsal: It will be held on 27th august, thursday. However the time has not been confirmed. We will need to be in full attire on that day however, please keep that day free.


SOULTIMATE CHARITY PERFORMANCE:

Members involved:
Guitar 1: Shena, LiQin, Serene, Zhiqing, Joanne
Guitar 2: Duong, Zheng Rui, Clara, Peiying
Guitar 3: Liukun, Lujun, Ivan, Edwin
Guitarron: Randy

Rehearsal: I believe you guys have received the email from Lu Jun, there will be a full-dress rehearsal for charity concert performance on 22nd Aug next saturday starting from 1pm at Chengyi Auditorium.

Performance Training: There was originally scheduled to be a training session for the 14 of us on the coming wednesday, but since there is the teachers day rehearsal on that day, we will postpone the timing to after the rehearsal. Please stay back after the rehearsal and we will practice the 2 songs together.


There will still be practice on the coming friday, it may well be one of the last practices we have before the performances. Remember to bring your full attire for checking on that day. This is our final rush, practice hard and we will make our first performances a success!

Cheers,
Zheng Rui.

Performance attire reminders

Hi guys,

Remember to purchase your attire by this weekend, and bring the full attire (including court shoes for girls and leather shoes for guys) next friday, august 21st.

For girls, the white long sleeved shirt should be the tucked-out type.

The tie colour has been decided as black, we will batch- order for everyone (even those who already have a black tie) so that the tie will be standardized in terms of length, width colour etc.

Cheers (:

Hi guys,

Performance attire:

Pleaase purchase or borrow the needed attire by this weekend, the performances are coming in 2 weeks time (:

For guys: Wear a white long sleeved shirt, black formal pants, with a broad tie.
For girls: White long-sleeved shirt with black formal pants with a skinny tie.
Tie colour will be decided again.

Practice

Hi guys,

Practice will be as usual for this week, but Ms Wong will be coming down for both days.

Wednesday (12/8): 3.30pm - 6pm++.

Friday (14/8): 4.25pm - 6.30pm.

Cheers!

Hi guys,

For the asturias song i taught last wednesday, you can go to the link below to access the full version if you are interested.

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/i/isaac_albeniz/leyenda_tab.htm

Cheers,

Hi guys,

There will be no practice on friday, 7th august because of the national day celebrations (:

For practice on wednesday (5th august):
As Ms Wong is only able to come down from 5pm on wednesday, the CCA session will end at 7pm. We will push our starting time backwards to 4pm for this day. Please report to A300 by 4.00pm sharp.

For future friday practices:
Please report to A300 by 4.25pm so that we will be ready when Ms Wong comes at 4.30pm. Anyone who is later than 4.30pm will be marked as late.

Cheers,